Articles Tagged Video

Equator Audio has announced the introduction of a new recording studio accessory, Francis Buckley/Equator (FB/E) sound abatement panels. They will be on display at the upcoming NAMM show in Anaheim at booth 6698. Developed in conjunction with Francis Buckley, Grammy Award winning engineer/producer and host of the internet TV show Studio Rescue, new FB/E panels address the challenge of controlling sound reflections in the mix position. FB/E panels are manufactured from high density cotton material for maximum absorption, are lightweight,…
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Meyer Sound has collaborated with legendary mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and pianist Craig Terry in the release “as long as there are songs,” a collection of some of America’s greatest classics. This is the first full album to be recorded using a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system and features a proprietary recording technique developed by company CEO and co-founder John Meyer. The technology provided a performance environment optimized for the artists, while giving listeners of the record an exceptionally accurate sense…
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Lynx Studio Technology has produced a video that explains how Thunderbolt technology has been implemented into the company’s Aurora and Hilo AD/DA converters. In a conversation between Lynx co-founder Bob Bauman and chief hardware engineer Mike Nicoletti, a wide variety of topics are covered to explain the advantages of Thunderbolt connectivity and how Lynx integrated this technology. The HD video is featured on the Lynx Studio Tech YouTube channel and is also available for viewing below. “The Aurora TB and…
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The James Douglas Show, a six-time Grammy considered funk band, consists of James Douglas (lead vocals), Mike Cee (keyboards, vocals), Zach Fowler (bass, vocals), Marco Nunez (drums, vocals), Delmone Taylor (saxophones, EWI, keyboards, vocals), and Jessie Martinez (lead guitar), recently completed production of their new video, Vegas Hot. During the video’s shoot, the producers of SyFy Network’s Naked Vegas TV show crossed paths with the band and were so impressed with what they saw that they asked to incorporate a…
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Automated Processes, Inc. (API) chose Vintage King Audio’s LA and Nashville showrooms to launch and demonstrate The Box, its new small-format recording/mixing console designed for professional project studios, home studios, and production facilities. Coinciding with the launch of The Box, NYC’s Heavy Melody Music ordered three consoles for their studios. “Composer and sound designer Neil Goldberg is one of the partners and he had a nicely outfitted studio, but asked us how The Box would fit into his rooms,” notes…
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In summer 2013, at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall, keyboardist and jazz pioneer Herbie Hancock rolled out a concept he has been fascinated with for over 20 years. Using a multichannel surround system from Meyer Sound, Hancock brought the surround sound of movie theatres to a one-of-a-kind live concert experience that cannot be heard elsewhere. To realize Hancock’s vision, Meyer Sound set up a system with 45 loudspeakers and 28 channels. The heart of the system was the SpaceMap multichannel…
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Audio-Technica’s “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) sessions at the recent 135th AES Convention in New York are now available for viewing on the company website here. (Note that the session with Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Frank Filipetti is presented below.) “Ask Me Anything” was held at the A-T booth on the AES show floor. Questions were submitted by AES attendees, as well as online at www.livestream.com and via Twitter at #ATliveAES – and were then relayed to the presenters through a…
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Article provided by Home Studio Corner. Can a children’s video game really teach anything valid—let alone valuable—about studio mixing? (And let’s be honest, adults love to play the game too.) Anyway, in Angry Birds, players use a slingshot to launch wingless birds at a variety of structures housing pigs. The goal is to destroy all of the pigs. Really, this has exactly “what” to do with mixing? In the following video, Joe Gilder makes the connection, explaining how various…
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Producers and beatmakers looking to elevate their hip-hop beats to the next level, to make them really hit hard and stand out, can take advantage of a new tutorial that shows exactly how to do that. Today marks the release of the second tutorial in the Mixing Hip-Hop series from Matthew Weiss (Snoop Dogg, Gorilla Zoe, Gift of Gab): Mixing Hip-Hop Beats. In Mixing Hip-Hop Beats, Weiss spends over 80 minutes walking you step-by-step through his hip-hop mixing workflow, mindset,…
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Article provided by Home Studio Corner. If you’ve been mixing for any length of time, you probably know how useful (and cool) subgroups can be. But recently, Joe Gilder has come up with a different take on doing subgroups—a small change, but something that’s definitely had a positive impact in his workflow and has helped speed his mix process. Previously, he only subgrouped things he felt should go together—guitars, or vocals, or drums—but that approach has changed. In this…
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